Umbrella.



PATENTED MAB.. 6

Non 814,035.

G. K. GARRETT.

UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED JULYzQ. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

GEORGE K. GARRETT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL UMBRELLA FRAME COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENN- SYLVANIA.

UNIBRELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906.

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE K. GARRETT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsyl- 5 vania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrellas, of which the following is a full, clear, and complete disclosure, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciro fication.

The object of my invention is to provide an umbrella with a separable handle, the purpose of the same being to enable one to remove the handle from the staff of the um- 15 brella when it is desirable to render the same compact for the purpose of packing the same in a smaller space than would otherwise be required or for the purpose of substituting or replacing one handle for anotherto suit the 2o taste or fancy of the owner.

A further object of my invention is to provide a handle for umbrellas which can be easily and readily attached to or detached from the umbrella and one which when at- 2 5 tached is securely held on the staff of the umbrella without any longitudinal or axial play or looseness.

A further object of my invention is to so dispose the means for securing the handle to 3o the staff that the handle may be removed from or secured to the staff whether the umbrella be open, closed, or rolled.

For a further disclosure of my invention reference may be had to the accompanying 3 5 drawings, vin which- Figure'l represents an umbrella-staif with a handle secured thereto; Fig. 2, a perspective view showing the handle separated from the staff and showing the details of the con- 4o struction of my fastening means, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the staff of the umbrella with the handle secured thereto.

My improved umbrella isprovided with a tubular staff 1, one end of which is provided 4 5 with a longitudinal-extending sl'ot 2 and with an opening 3 in an axial alinement with said slot, but removed some distance from the same.

Within the sta I arrange a locking-spring 5o 4, one end of which is provided with a laterally-extending lug 5 and the other end of which is provided with the hook or latch 6. The locking-spring is further provided with a thumb-piece 7, which is adapted to engage and slide radially within the slot 2, before de- 5 5 scribed. My locking-spring is further provided with a shoulder 8, located adjacent the thumb-piece, and with a projection 9, situated between the lug 5 and the shoulder 8, but upon the side opposite the said lug and 6o the thumb-piece.

My locking-spring is made of any suitable spring material, such as brass or steel, and is of such shape that when the' lug 5 is inserted through the opening 3 in the staff the lug, 65 shoulder, and projection firmly hold the said spring within the staff by the resiliency of the spring, but permit the thumb-piece 7 to be forced down into the slot 2, thereby depressing the latch 6. The ribs of the frame are 7o shown at 1.

The handle of my umbrella consists of the grip 10, a tubular socket 11, permanently secured therein, and a stem 14, made fast to the inside of the socket 11 by a pin 13 or 75 other equivalent fastening device. The socket 11, which does not quite extend to the edge 10 of the handle 10, is provided with an opening 12 a short distance from the outer end thereof. The stem 14, projecting for a suit- 8o able distance from the socket 11, is provided with a slot 15, extending the entire length of the part of the said stem that projects from the socket 11, said slot being also continued within said socket as far at least as the rear 85 wall 12 of said opening 12.- The slot 15 is, as is plainly shown, arranged in alinement with the opening 12 in the socket 11, registering with the same within said stem, and is adapted to slide smoothly within the staff 1. 9o

The parts being in the position shown in Fig. 2, in order to attach the handle to the staff it is merely necessary to insert the slotted stem 14 within the end of the staff 1, with the catch 6 lying within the slot 15, and to 9 5 slide the same into the staff till the ends of the staff and socket engage. As the handle is inserted the end of the socket 11 engages the rounded edge 6 of the latch and depresses the same. When the latch 6 registers with loo the opening l2 in the rod of the handle, it will beforced out by the action of the lockingspring 4, and the handle will be securely fastened to the staff.

The slot 15 operates as a guide to bring the catch 6 directly into engagement with the opening 12 and obviates entirely the necessity present in other devices of this class of first inserting the stem within the staff and then rotating the handle until the latch 6 engages an appropriate opening.

To remove the handle from the staff, it is only necessary to depress the thumb-piece 7 and withdraw the slotted sleeve from Within the stad l, since the thumb-piece situated between the ends of the ribs is never inclosed by the cover of the umbrella. By this arrangement it is plain that I have produced an exceedingly simple and effective means for removably attaching a handle to an umbrellastaff and one in which the handle is provided with a portion which enables the latch to be guided with accuracy and facility into engagement with the opening with which it cooperates. Moreover, by arranging the thumbpiece on the stad ofthe umbrella adjacent the end thereof and arranging the parts with which the latch coperates wholly within the handle I have produced a structure which permits the handle to be removed even though the umbrella be closed or tightly rolled, since the thumb-piece lies between the ends of the ribs beyond the point at which the cover is attached to the ribs and in such a position projects sufficiently between the ribs to make it always accessible.`

It is obvious that instead of employing the slotted tubular stem a rod having aslot therein may be substituted therefor, and other means for securing the latch within the staff might be substituted for the form shown by me without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In an umbrella, the combination of a staff provided at one end with a latch, with a handle provided with a socket, a slotted stem secured to said socket extending beyond said handle, the slot in said stem operating to accurately guide the latch into the socket.

2. In an umbrella, the combination of a 'staff provided with a latch; of a handle a socket provided with an opening; and an extension secured to the inside of said socket, said extension being provided with means for guiding the latch into the opening in said socket.

8. In an umbrella, the combination of a staff provided with a latch; of a handle; a socket provided with an opening, arranged entirely within said handle, and an extension secured to the inside of said socket, said extension being provided with means for guiding the latch into the opening in said socket.

4. In an umbrella, the combination of a staff provided with a slot at one end, and a'locking-spring, provided with a latch and thumbpiece, the thumb-piece being located Within the said slot g of a handle; a socket provided with an opening near the end thereof; a slotted stem extending beyond said socket,` the slot in the said stem registering with the opening in the socket and serving to guide the latch into said opening.

5. In an umbrella, the combination ofv a staff provided with a slot at one end, and a locking-spring, provided with a latch and` thumb-piece, the thumb-piece being located within the said slot; of a handle; a socket arranged wholly within said handle and provided with an opening near the end thereof; a slotted stem extending beyond said socket, the slot in the said stem registering with the opening in the socket and serving to guide the latch into said opening.

6. In an umbrella, the combination with a staff, provided with a slotted end and a latch, secured within said staff, provided with a thumb-piece, said thumbiece extending through said slot; of. a han le; a socket provided with an opening near its end; and a slotted stem secured within, but extending beyond said socket, the slot of said stem beingin alinement with said opening in said socket.

7. In an umbrella, the combination with a staff, provided with a slotted end, and a latch, secured within -said staff, provided with a thumb-piece, said thumb-piece ex.- tending through said slot; of a handle; a socket provided with an opening near its end, secured wholly within said handle; and a slotted stem secured within, but extending beyond said socket, the slot of said stem being in alinement with said opening in said socket.

8. In an umbrella, the combination with a staff provided with a slotted end; andv a latch, secured within said staff, and provided with a thumb-piece, the thumb-piece extending through said slot; of a handle; a socket provided with an opening near its end; and a slotted stem secured within said socket and extending beyond the same, the slot of said stem being in alinement with said opening, and within the handle registering with said opening in said socket.

9. In an umbrella the combination of the` ribs, the staff, a locking-spring, and a thumbpiece adapted to operate said locking-spring, said thumb-piece being situated at the end of the staff and adapted to lie between the outer IOO IIO

ends of said ribs, with a separable handle stem registering with said opening in the 1o adapted to be secured to said staff by said socket and serving to guide said latch into looking-spring. engagement With said opening.

10. In an umbrella, the combination With In` Witness whereof I have hereunto set my 5 the staff 1, provided with a slot 2, and a hand this 27th day of July, 1905.

looking-spring 4, provided with a thumb- GEORGE K. GARRETT. piece 7 and latch 6; of a handle 10; a Witnesses: socket 11, provided With an opening 12, ALEXANDER PARK, and a slotted stem 14, the slot in the said g FRED. G. REES. 

